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| 802.1 | BOY OR GIRL?? | ABACUS::BOURGAULT | | Fri Jun 11 1993 15:12 | 23 |
| Johan,
There is a way in which you can tell a male from a female cockatiel at
that age, however it is for normals (Greys) only. It has to do with
the spots under its wings. I can't remember if it is the males or
females who have the spots continue across the entire underwing.
I believe it is the females. The males (I think) spots stop about
1/2 to 2/3rds of the way across.
However on the pieds, pearls & lutinos, I don't believe there is
a way, since most have very yellow faces and the orange patches are
very visual. You just have to wait until they are 3 - 4 mos old
and see if they start to whistle. If so then it is a good bet
it is a male.
I would advise you to get a good cockatiel handbook. They usually
give you advise on determining sexes as well as advise on taming and
training.
Best of luck and let us know your progress!
Regards,
Denise
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| 802.2 | more male / female ? info . | JGO::DEGEN | | Fri Jun 18 1993 13:31 | 43 |
| Denise,
Thanks for your reply.
After a lot of talking to people and reading books about cockatiels
there is a way to see at that age its a male or female.
It also confirms your way to see its a male or female.
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Female normal grey: - spots continue across the entire underwing.
------ - a yellow stripe on the outher tail feathers.
- they have a shorter tuft.
- light yellow stripes over the entire tail.
Female lutino : - a lot of spots on the entire underwing.
------ - they have a bright yellow tail.
- yellow stripes on the entire tail.
Male normal grey : - more little yellow and orange feathers in the
---- face.
- greyer stipes at the outher tail feathers.
- they are talking in them self.
- have a longer tuft.
- they are more noisy than the females.
- spots on the underwing stops about 1/2 to 2/3 of
the way across.
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Male lutino : - light yellow to white tail feathers.
---- - a few spots on the underwing.
( this is easy to see if you can compare them to
one or more young cockatiels ).
- they are talking to them self.
Regards,
Johan
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| 802.3 | | CARTUN::MISTOVICH | depraved soul | Fri Jun 18 1993 13:26 | 35 |
| Now I'm confused about my grey. My guess is she is about 8 months
(according to my book, females get some yellow on face at about 6
months, which Sushi did).
Sparse crest
Spots under wings about 2/3's across
Yellow on outer tail, which is otherwise grey mottled/striped
Not real bright cheek patches.
I've assumed she's a female, but her spots definitely don't go all the
way across the wing, but only 2/3s to 3/4s across.
mary
ps my book on parrots talks about sexing by some other characteristics,
which seems to hold true for my tiels. (The body descriptions also work
for my zebras and is easily confirmed thanks to coloring!) These are
most easily identifiable with a mixed crew for comparison:
males -- stand with legs closer together, due to narrower pelvis
females -- stand with legs closer together, due to wider pelvis
males -- stay more upright when resting
females -- will nearly lie down when resting
males -- head profile tends to be longer and more angular
females -- head profile tends to be more blunt and rounded
males -- tend to be larger
females -- tend to be smaller
males -- when hanging out, tend to have loftier, more "proud" carriage
females -- tend to just "hang out" :-)
mary
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| 802.4 | | CARTUN::MISTOVICH | depraved soul | Fri Jun 18 1993 13:27 | 4 |
| Oops -- that should have been "females tend to stand with legs farther
apart due to wider pelvis"
mary
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| 802.5 | HE OR SHE???? | ABACUS::BOURGAULT | | Fri Jun 18 1993 15:05 | 24 |
| Mary,
By the age of 6 mos., if your bird is a male, he would be whistling and
making all sorts of noises. A female is much quieter and when she does
make noises, it is more of a screech - rather shrill. ALso, if your
bird is getting more yellow than before and the cheek patches are
getting a deeper or more vivid orange, then you have a male. I find
the males start getting more and more yellow on their faces from the
age of 3 mos. on. It then starts to appear like they have a "dirty
face" with splotches of grey are getting fewer and fewer. On the other
hand, the female keeps pretty much the same face as when she was a
chick and very little changes. I can usually tell by the faces of
my babies what they will be by simply looking at their cheek patches
and I am usually on target. Even when they are adolescents, the
males cheek patches always are shade or two more vivid than the hens.
although it's hard to tell if you can't see both together to compare.
The bars on the tail feathers are another pretty sure way of telling
the difference. The crests are no way an indicator of their gender.
Hope this helps you out.
Regards,
Denise
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| 802.6 | | CARTUN::MISTOVICH | depraved soul | Fri Jun 18 1993 15:53 | 13 |
| Sushi got a little bit of yellow on her face at about 6 months. Her
tail is definitely barred. Do the wing spots got the the end of the
wing itself or the feathers?
Verbally, she and Saki are both on the quiet side *except* when playing
or flying around the living room. Sushi does occasionally do her
"finch imitations" which I now think are really something else. The
other day, I was scratching some wax off a couple new crest feathers
and she started doing her funny little chirping. She flattens her
crest when she does this, and sometimes also lowers her head/lifts her
tail and walks slowly around.
mary
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| 802.7 | more male /female info | JGO::DEGEN | | Mon Jun 21 1993 03:20 | 21 |
| mary,
After the first moulting passed thats as they are 4-6 months old, its
easy to see for a normal grey cockatiel its a male or female.
Male - a totaly grey tail.
- a yellow face.
Female - a yellow/black banded tail and swell.
- a grey face with a litle yellow.
I think as the moulting passed, the spots on the underwing stay as they
are at this moment.
Female cockatiels can also learn a sound imitation, and speaking but
they are learning not so easy as a Male.
Regards,
Johan.
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| 802.8 | NEW PET | JGO::DEGEN | | Tue Jul 13 1993 12:19 | 16 |
| Hello,
Today I bought a 7 weeks old Lutino male cockatiel for $13 by a lokal
breeder.
It was easy to see its a male he has very bright orange cheeks, and a
few yellow spots across the underwing.
He is a good condition and nice to see.
I called him TWEETY.
So up to the next step ... and start to tame him.
I let you know my progress.
Johan.
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